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Public Agency EMS Group Meetings

The Local Resource Center hosts a Public Agency EMS Group with bi-monthly "brown bag" meetings for interested individuals from public entities. These meetings provide the opportunity to meet peers with similar interests. The meetings are usually held at Portland's TriMet offices at 710 NE Holladay Street, Portland, Oregon. 

These meetings cover topics of interest to the attendees including tools, training opportunities, incentives available, upcoming events, solutions to specific problems and general information sharing.

The next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, April 13, 2004, from 11:30 until 1:00.  Contact Larry Chalfan at (503) 279-9383 or by email at lchalfan@zerowaste.org for more details.

ISO 14001 Lead Auditor Training

Date: TBD, Location: Northwest, Cost: $1695

This rigorous 5-day course trains participants to audit an EMS to the requirements of ISO 14001.  Topics include: interpreting the standard, planning audits, follow-ups, and the certification process. The course includes an examination that can be used to qualify internal or third-party auditors. NOTE: This course assumes that participants have some knowledge of ISO 14001 and some auditing experience.

This course is offered in conjunction with International Quality Associates and is RAB-QSA approved through a partnership with AQS Management Systems.  For more information or to register for the course, email us at info@zerowaste.org.

ISO Environmental Management System Training Class (TC-1)

Date: TBD, Location: Northwest, Cost: $4160

This two-day on-site EMS introduction and implementation class is a combination of lecture and exercises. It is designed to include hands-on and experiential exercises to reinforce the class concepts.

In this class, we cover the following material:

  • An overview of environmental management systems
  • The specific elements of the ISO 14001:2004 EMS
  • Tools and guidelines for EMS implementation planning.
  • Basic steps for the creation of an EMS implementation plan

The class includes 7 hours of instruction each day by our lead EMS instructor, Dorothy Atwood plus handouts for the class participants. For more information or to register for the course, email us at info@zerowaste.org.

Internal Auditing to ISO 14001

Date: TBD, Location: Northwest, Cost: $895

Day one of this dynamic course delves deeply into the ISO 14001 standard, and includes exercises which reinforce training about the EMS and ISO 14001.  On days 2 and 3 the class is divided into small teams allowing every participant to get hands on experience conducting a limited EMS audit of a host company under the guidance of an experienced EMS auditor. If you want to build on your environmental or quality experience to conduct internal EMS audits then this course is for you.

For more information or to sign up for these training sessions or to arrange custom training, email us at info@zerowaste.org.

Previous Workshops 

  • Reaching the Vision - Using Your EMS to Achieve Long-term Goals"
    Friday, July 18, 2003
    Click here to view agenda and presentations.
     


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